Quick questions: javelins with dueling style and natural weapon proficiency

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Using the following definition of the word "throw," please answer the question that comes immediately thereafter.

I am using the english word "throw" which requires that the object that is thrown leaves the hand and travels a distance.

If a character throws a melee weapon with the thrown tag at a creature with the intent of causing injury to that creature, is the character making an attack?